Archer Daniels Midland Co. executives painted a good-news/bad-news situation for ethanol during a May 3 conference call on the company's third quarter results.
The Renewable Fuels Association has released an analysis of ethanol's contribution to the feed markets in an effort to draw attention to the beneficial impact of distillers grains.
If approved in bankruptcy court, a tolling agreement with Tenaska BioFuels LLC may help the 40 MMgy Levelland Hockley County Ethanol LLC in Texas start production again after sitting idle since December.
We Energies, Domtar mull biomass project conditions
By Anna Austin
May 11, 2011
We Energies and Domtar's plan to build a 50-megawatt biomass cogeneration plant in Rothschild, Wis., has been approved by the state Public Service Commission. To move forward, however, the companies must lower the cost of the project by $10 million.
After substantial changes to its power purchase agreement (PPA), developers of Laidlaw Berlin BioPower LLC's 70-megawatt Berlin project in New Hampshire are hoping the project will still be viable.
Agricultural-waste-to-energy company Homeland Renewable Energy Inc. has developed a new emission control and water recycling system for implementation at its poultry litter-fueled biomass plants.
ICM Inc. has announced the availability of a commercial-scale biomass gasification system that can be used as a cogeneration unit or to completely eliminate fossil fuel intake at various facilities, including ethanol plants.
Backed by GreenField Ethanol, Novozymes and others, the newly launched, Ontario-based G2BioChem plans to begin construction on a cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in July and reach start up a year later.
The Westervelt Co. has chosen a 104-acre site near Aliceville, Ala., as the location for the first facility in its larger wood pellet production platform. Initially, the pellet plant will produce about 250,000 metric tons of pellets.
The number one challenge the emerging algae industry faces today, according to ASU professor Qiang Hu, is algal culture protection. Hu recently received a $1 million grant from USDA to study how bugs like zooplankton affect algae culture.
The Chempolis Biorefining Park has been a busy place lately, hosting energy commissioners and prime ministers. Gunther Oettinger, the EU energy commissioner, took a tour of the facility that puts the 3G formico biorefining technology to use.
Los Angeles-based Rentech Inc. has received approval by the Province of Ontario, Canada, to obtain a long-term supply of up to 1.3 million tons per year of Crown timber for the company's planned biobased jet fuel project, Project Olympiad.
Dutch chemical company Royal DSM N.V. and France-based starch and polyols producer Roquette Freres plan to jointly build a 10,000 metric ton per year commercial-scale biobased succinic acid facility near a Roquette starch manufacturing site in Italy.
Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., imagines a world where consumers could drive up to the pump in a standardized vehicle and choose - be it biofuels, methanol, coal-to-liquid fuel or gasoline, depending on the best price.
The Iowa legislature has passed a bill that will expand incentive opportunities for state retailers who sell increased biofuels blends, including a specific incentive for the sale of E15.
The USDA and U.S. DOE announced May 5 that they are jointly providing $47 million to eight early stage research and development (R&D) projects focused on the production of biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products.
The markets are down. Will it last? It is a relief to see the pressure taken off the upward trend in all those markets. The hot corn market was breathing far too much life into critic's comments.The other news of the week: VEETC reform is introduced.
Following the launch of its Maximum Achievable Control Technology compliance tool myMACT.com, Dixon Environmental will hold a webinar, Understanding EPA's New Boiler GACT & MACT Rules, which will include a demonstration of the free online solution.
AF&PA petitions EPA to reconsider MACT rules
By American Forest & Paper Association
May 09, 2011
Citing numerous issues in the Boiler MACT and CISWI rules, the AF&PA is among 10 organizations representing a range of industries that submitted a petition on May 9 for administrative reconsideration and amendment of the Boiler MACT and CISWI rules.
The USDA and DOE jointly awarded a total of $47 million to eight projects in support of the development of advanced biofuels, bioenergy and other biobased product production derived from various sources of biomass.
Gasoline prices must be reduced, which means both domestic drilling for oil and developing cost-effective alternatives to oil, said Rep. Ed Whitfield, chairman of the subcommittee on energy and power.
Purpose-grown energy crops show great potential in both the bioenergy and biorefining industries. Those leading the research and development of miscanthus and Giant King Grass were featured speakers at the International Biomass Conference & Expo.
ICM biomass gasifier ready for commercial deployment
By Anna Austin
May 05, 2011
Kansas-based ICM Inc.'s biomass gasifier is officially ready for commercial deployment, the company announced. Since 2009, ICM has been testing a demonstration commercial-scale gasifier, and has processed more than 7,000 tons of feedstock.
USDA approves first BCAP project area
By Anna Austin
May 05, 2011
The USDA has announced approval of the first Biomass Crop Assistance Program project area, which was proposed by Missouri-based farmer-owned cooperative Show Me Energy.
Wish You Were in St. Louis
By Rona Johnson
May 05, 2011
BBI International's fourth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis has just ended and I have to tell you, if you didn't attend you really missed out.
Thanks to all who participated in the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis this week.
Attendees at the 2011 International Biomass Conference had the opportunity to learn about the benefits of working with the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. to serve markets abroad. The Ex-Im Bank is a government agency that finances exports.
A panel at the International Biomass Conference & Expo, Examining Biomass Inventories, Prices and Production Systems, featured several presentations on mapping tools to help streamline the identification of available biomass supplies.
The farming community is an integral part of the biorefining and biomass heat and power industries. However, it's contribution to the growth of the industry can, at times, be overshadowed by the massive amount of attention paid to R&D and scale-up.
Experts at the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis May 3 discuss supply chain issues and logistics for corn stover as feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production. Included on the panel was Larry Johnson and Scott Weishar.
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